Letter to the Editor - Newsweek Magazine
December 26, 1996
Letters Editor
Newsweek Magazine
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New York, NY 10019-1894
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Invoking the First Amendment in adjudicating the Flynt-Falwell dispute is in total error.
This Amendment ensures that final governmental poser remains with the citizenry at large, i.e. the creators of the Constitution. The expression that is free of regulation is that existing in the citizen-to-government relationship, not in the citizen-to-citizen relationship.
It's time to stop equating public misbehavior with free speech. The First Amendment has no applicability to such conduct, and no one can show original intent in this regard.
Respectfully,Louis W. Jones
Letters Editor
Newsweek Magazine
251 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019-1894
FAX (212) 445-4120
Invoking the First Amendment in adjudicating the Flynt-Falwell dispute is in total error.
This Amendment ensures that final governmental poser remains with the citizenry at large, i.e. the creators of the Constitution. The expression that is free of regulation is that existing in the citizen-to-government relationship, not in the citizen-to-citizen relationship.
It's time to stop equating public misbehavior with free speech. The First Amendment has no applicability to such conduct, and no one can show original intent in this regard.
Respectfully,Louis W. Jones
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